Is the G-spot a fantasy?

Despite the abundance of information, we still have a lot of prejudices that can complicate intimate life. Sexologist and psychoanalyst Catherine Blanc analyzes one of these popular opinions every month.

“In scientific circles, disputes about whether there is such a place in the female anatomy that automatically leads to orgasm do not fade away. After all, it seemed that one had only to find the magic button … However, if we are looking for this notorious G-spot in a woman, then we proceed from the assumption that she gets pleasure only from stimulating her erogenous zones. That is, her conscious or unconscious participation in this process is not taken into account at all. Meanwhile, a woman gets pleasure because she allows herself to enjoy it and allows herself to give it to her partner. Pleasure gives rise to emotions associated with their meeting. Of course, nerve endings also play a role, but, as you know, most of them are located … at the fingertips! But how many of us touching fingers, say, to the desktop can bring an orgasm?

Actually the starting point for a woman’s enjoyment is her attitude – everything that she puts into this sexual contact, this is what exacerbates sensuality. Some suggest that some women have a G-spot and others don’t. I would not like it to be so, because it would mean that some of us are more capable of enjoyment than others.

And why do we really want the point G to exist in reality? Maybe because it would remove the woman’s responsibility for her orgasm? And the man at the same time would receive a trouble-free method of action. And it would also be calmer for both him and her to know that the secret of her pleasure is reduced to one point – after all, from time immemorial, female passion has seemed to many to be uncontrollable, perhaps destructive elements. And here – the end of women’s fears that passions will overflow! The end and fear of men in the face of an incomprehensible tsunami. By the way, it is men who most of all like to look for this magical “Grail”. And here it would be much more interesting to ask about our fantasies, and not about the G-spot itself, the reality of which, in fact, would add a little to our relationship.

Catherine Blanc, author of Women’s Sexuality (La sexualité des femmes n’est pas celle des magazines, Évolution, 2009).

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